Go Local North Dakota Available!Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008, 5:12 pm by Judy Rieke
People can search for resources by county, by the type of service they want, or by a particular health topic. Services available on North Dakota Indian reservations are available as well as services for those living in the most rural areas of the state. Senior citizens needing health services will also find assistance through Go Local North Dakota. The Web site also contains a form for users to suggest new resources to add to the Go Local database.
Go Local North Dakota offers additional information and convenience because it is connected to MedlinePlus.gov, which is the health Web site of the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine .
If, for example, someone using Go Local North Dakota wants to learn about Alzheimer's Disease, they can click on Health Information and be taken to MedlinePlus.gov. Or, someone reading about Alzheimer's Disease on MedlinePlus.gov, can link to Go Local North Dakota to find Alzheimer's resources close to home. MedlinePlus.gov is available in English, Spanish and several other languages.
Go Local North Dakota is produced by the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and is funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Greater Midwest Region Office of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
The dedication and hard work of the library staff greatly contributed to the creation of Go Local North Dakota. The Go Local team was composed of Judy Rieke, project director and the library's Assistant Director & Collection Management Librarian; Mary Markland, Southeast Clinical Campus Librarian, resource development and outreach coordinator for the Go Local project; and Michael Safratowich, Bibliographic Control Librarian, site development coordinator for Go Local. Special thanks go to Sarah Owens, Data Input Specialist.
The interest and support for the project demonstrated by librarians and staff from health organizations throughout the state was much appreciated and Go Local North Dakota welcomes their continued involvement.
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